Hurricane storm surge and amphibian communities in coastal wetlands of northwestern Florida

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 651-663

  Gunzburger, Margaret S ^a,b   Hughes, William B ^a   Barichivich, William J ^a   Staiger, Jennifer S ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Nokuse Plantation   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Anuran; Caudate; Conductivity; Salinity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHLORIDE; COASTAL WETLAND; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FROG; HABITAT TYPE; HURRICANE; LARVA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PH; SALINITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STORM SURGE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA;

EID: 78649775122     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-010-9185-z     Document Type: Article

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